Famous Quotes & Sayings

Harry Belafonte

The Catholic Church had strict racial attitudes and intolerance for anybody who was not Catholic. When I look at a lot of Black ministers and what went on in the Black church, I was more caught up with those who were in Cadillacs and shiny suits than I was with those who were Kingian in their style.

Guy Maddin

I'm starting to frighten myself, because I'm backsliding into my devil-may-care attitude. I'm sure it's going to catch up with me.

Greg Giraldo

The reality is I'm not this person with this driving 'get it done' attitude.

Grace Slick

With all due respect to Mick Jagger, who is one of my idols, I think it's a mistake to leap around and sing at 53. When I started, there weren't any women I looked up to. It was Mick. I never saw anybody go on a stage and have that tongue-in-cheek attitude. It was all straight, including the Beatles. I love his attitude, hands on hips and lips out.

Grace Slick

There is an attitude that we should be able to have everything. No, you shouldn't be able to have anything. I'd like a helicopter, but I can't afford a helicopter, so I don't buy one. People are buying stuff they can't afford on credit. I bought my Ford hybrid with cash.

Ginger Rogers

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

Ginger Rogers

I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it's done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it's place. If I have any philosophy, that's it. To me it's not a fatalistic attitude.

Harold Geneen

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them.

Lyle Overbay

He's starting to get that fire out there and get that competitive attitude a little bit. It looks like he's getting a little fire under him, and that's going to help him more than anything.

Gene Simmons

He's just a good competitor, he has a good attitude about things. He's even a better competitor than I thought he was.

Households' economic attitudes have declined modestly over the last six months, ... But the level suggests consumers remain very optimistic about their personal financial condition.

I don't really dwell on numbers. My philosophy is that you attract quality students that have good attitudes and work hard, ... Those students attract more students of the same kind and the numbers take care of themselves.

I don't know if we were delirious out there or what. We've had a real good attitude about our travel situation.

I'm sorry to lose her. I've really liked the vigilant attitude that she has taken toward Chapter 11 cases.

I'm so proud of these guys. They came a long way. We'll regroup. We've got great kids with great attitudes and we'll be back next year.

Ken Hitchcock

If Jon had the attitude he has now he would have been a 30-goal scorer. He was unable to sustain the level of play necessary to keep him in the lineup.

Nicolas Massu

I have not had any problems with Guillermo. I never felt we had a rivalry. But he was showing an attitude I didn't like. He should know if he did right or wrong. I hope it was just a misunderstanding, and if it was, we can talk about it later. If he wants to apologize, that's fine.

Mario Cuomo

I guess a psychiatrist would say there's some good to the venting process, but it does also promote an attitude of saying, 'Hey there's nothing wrong with being filled with hate; there's so much of it around.' I don't like that.

Brad Wilkerson

I'm very surprised about the attitude and the stuff that's happening. The willingness to give it all you've got is just not there. We need to go out with more willingness, more heart, more effort.

I'm very pleased with the attitude and effort of the girls.

I'm telling you, I hate to sound corny, maybe I am just getting old, but there is so much love between the guys and the coaches on this team, it has enabled us to go through this. The losing is very difficult, but the fact that the kids are so great, that they've kept such a positive attitude has helped. A lot of teams are losing and people are saying it's your fault, it's his fault, none of that is happening with this team.

I'm not that type of player. I don't like being that selfish player. I just look to play my hardest. I never think I'm doing well enough. I want to do my best. I don't like the attitude of thinking I'm better than others. I don't want people to see me like that.

Fidel Castro

In the four years of your tenure as president, you had the courage to make efforts to change the course of those relations, ... That is why those of us who were witnesses to that attitude see you with respect.

Julia Gillard

I note that Tony Abbott was dreadfully critical of GPs during the RU-486 debate, and I am concerned that anti-GP attitude has continued in this package.

I remember him last year when I was playing with St. Louis and he went for 100 (yards) on us. He runs hard, he runs strong. He was a special teams guy, so he's got that attitude that every play he has got to go out there and compete like it might be his last.

I love the attitude of this team. When you're unselfish, everything is better. They're really focused on getting better every day.

Russell Crowe

I'll keep, you know, giving the money. But my attitude is, look, if I'm going to pay for it, I want a say in how it's run.

Corey Patterson

I'll just do the best I can and play those nine innings or whatever as hard as I can and have fun. That's the attitude I'll take.

I know he wants the ball every play. That's any great competitor. You want to make the plays, you want to be the guy to help the team win. He has that attitude. He has like an energy attitude where he wants the ball in his hands with the game on the line.

Peter Kropotkin

I read the Social Democratic newspapers, I saw their disgusting attitude towards anything that bore even the slightest revolutionary character, and I realized that there could be no reconciliation between a revolutionary party and a party trying to e

Because Josh was ready, he was a difference maker. It's a sign of his attitude by staying ready because he might not get in. I'm proud of him for that.

Al Groh

His circumstances are very positive. From a layman's point of view, surgery was remarkably successful and he's doing very well with his rehab. The prognosis is positive. I wouldn't say, 'Count him in,' but I wouldn't say, 'Count him out,' either. He's got a great attitude about it.

His attitude changed in the penitentiary. And the tattoos were put on in the penitentiary. We felt these things were explained to the jurors.